1951 Woolwich East by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1951 Woolwich East by-election of 14 June 1951 was held after the death of Labour MP Ernest Bevin. The seat was safe, having been won at the 1950 United Kingdom general election by over 12,000 votes https://web.archive.org/web/20110811153537/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge51/i21.htm 11 August 2011 PoliticsResources.net The by-election was easily won by Labour's Christopher Mayhew. Result of the previous general election General election 1950: Woolwich East Labour Party (UK) Ernest Bevin 26,604 61.59 Conservative Party (UK) J. D. Campbell 14,234 32.95 Liberal Party (UK) A. M. Sage 1,504 3.48 Communist Party of Great Britain Rajani Palme Dutt 601 1.39 Independent F. Hancock 252 0.58 12,370 28.64 42,948 Labour Party (UK) Result of the by-election By-election 1951: Woolwich Easthttp://www.by-elections.co.uk/51.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120225141850/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/51.html 1951 By Election Results 2012-02-25 dead 2015-08-12 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Mayhew 20,801 60.73 -0.86 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Harvey 13,449 39.27 +6.32 7,352 21.46 -7.18 42,402 Labour Party (UK) -3.59 References Woolwich East by-election Woolwich East,1951 Category:Woolwich Woolwich East by-election Woolwich East,1951 Woolwich East by-election